Africadalli Sheela

Africadalli Sheela (transl. Sheela in Africa) is a 1986 Indian Kannada-language fantasy-adventure film, written, directed and produced by Dwarakish. Made on the similar lines as the Hollywood film Sheena, the film was extensively shot in the forest ranges in the African continent. This film was the first Indian film to have been shot in the African forests.[1][2]

Africadalli Sheela
Directed byDwarakish
Written byDwarakish
Produced byDwarakish
StarringCharan Raj
Sahila Chadha
CinematographyR. Deviprasad
Edited byGoutham Raju
Music byBappi Lahiri
Vijayanand (background score)
Production
company
Dwarakish Chitra
Release date
  • 27 May 1986 (1986-05-27)
Running time
105 min
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

The film featured Charan Raj and Sahila in the lead roles, along with Dwarakish, Srinivasa Murthy and Kalyan Kumar in supporting roles.[3] The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri, with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar and R. N. Jayagopal. Dwarakish remade the film in Tamil as Kizhakku Africavil Sheela, which starred Suresh, Nizhalgal Ravi and Sahila reprising her character, while she went on to reprise her character in its Hindi remake, titled Sheela, starring Nana Patekar.[4][5]

Cast

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and scored by Bappi Lahiri.[6] This film marked the entry of singer K. S. Chithra to the Kannada cinema. Writing for Deccan Herald in a 2001 article, a reviewer noted that Lahiri's rendition of "Sheela Sheela" was "easily one of his best efforts in Kannada for its sheer slow pace and noiselessnes".[7]

Sl NoSong TitleSinger(s)Lyricist
1"Sheela Sheela"Bappi Lahiri, Nazia HassanChi. Udaya Shankar
2"Thakka Dhimi Thana"Manjula GururajChi. Udaya Shankar
3"Hey Hennu Illade"Manjula GururajR. N. Jayagopal
4"Thampada Tholu"K. J. Yesudas, Manjula GururajR. N. Jayagopal
5"Sheela O My Sheela"K. J. Yesudas, K. S. ChithraChi. Udaya Shankar

References
  1. "From 200 theatres to 12,000 screens, the stellar journey of Kannada film industry". Telangana Today. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. "Dwarkish Profile". chitraloka.com. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. "Africadalli Sheela (1986) - IMDb". IMDb.
  4. Kizhakku Africavil Sheela. YouTube. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
  5. YouTube. YouTube. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. Africadalli Sheelamio.to Archived 15 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Bellave, Pradeep (10 June 2001). "Memorable tune from Bollywood". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 28 June 2001. Retrieved 11 September 2023.


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